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by **Larry Linthicu** » Sat, 24 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>Well, its official. I'm an F3 convert. Mike Barlow was kind enough to
>host a couple F3 races on VROC at Watkins Glen last night and we had
>between 10 and 15 drivers on each time in F3 cars (well, J. Plourde

We've been most of the way through a full season with 2 Pro Long races at
each track in the GMSS F3 series....these cars provide very good racing,
much closer and more interesting, as racing, than occurs very often in F1.
The F2 cars are great, too, and provide better racing than F1 on average
...give them a try too. The F1s are great for pitting your skills against
the cars, but the other formulas excel when you want the biggest challenge
to be the other humans.

by **Graeme Nas** » Sat, 24 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Must admit I'm edging that way too!!! I raced F3 at Zandy on Mr.
Barlow's server tonight and it was great! Absolutely nose-to-tail for
lap after lap. At one point there were 4 cars within about 2 seconds of
each other and lapping at equal speeds.

Of course, moments after I took the lead my usual bout of online bad
luck struck - a hard disk access which not only caused me to warp back
to 4th place but also to make my sound disappear for the remainder of
the race... But it was a BLAST anyhow!

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by **Chris Schlette** » Sat, 24 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Yes, the F3 is the basic trainer and F2 is the advanced trainer. And yes
you can use your current GPL setups, however you may find you need to play
with the gearing and clutches as the F3 and F2 cars are underpowered
compared to the F1 cars.

by **ymenar** » Sat, 24 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Oh and to add.. You would need to rename the extension of the file for the
Trainee and advanced trainee.

Snipped from the readme.txt of GPL :

"the final digit in the extension will designate the car class, with 1 being
Grand Prix, 2 being the Advanced Trainer, and 3 being the Novice Trainer.
Thus a setup for a GP Lotus would have the extension .lo1 while a setup for
a Novice Trainer Lotus would be .lo3"

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by **Matthew Birger Knutse** » Sun, 25 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Umm, I missed this, :-(
anywhere one may join?

Matt
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by **Graeme Nas** » Sun, 25 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Just check VROC for any races with "F3 only" in the comments field. I
think there is a league somewhere.... try this:

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/mark.seery

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by **DPHI** » Sun, 25 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I tried an F3 race last night on SpyBoy, man was I surprised how difficult it
was! I figured it would be simple after driving the F1 cars for so long, but
it's a totally different animal. Besides having to learn new breaking and
turn-in points, there is no power to pull you out of trouble if you get out of
shape and those wonderful 4-wheel drifts in the F1 car just bog down an F3 car.
The F3 cars are much like running a FF1600 where you have to be very precise on
turn in and very careful not to break the tires loose for fear of scrubbing off
all your speed.

Time for more practice!

-don

by Jo » Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>Oh and to add.. You would need to rename the extension of the file for the
>Trainee and advanced trainee.

Thanks. Can't wait to try an F3 race, I love the concept!

Joe

rec.autos.simulators

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!

GPL F3 Racing .. Thanks to M. Barlow!